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JLPT N2 Kanji List

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Kanji

Onyomi

Kunyomi

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party, faction, clique co-, cooperation

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general, whole, all, full, total ward, district jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign prefecture establishment, provision, prepare reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

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investigate committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard army, force, troops, war, battle group, association each, every, either

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island leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt town, village

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forces, energy, military strength dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry again, twice, second time tax, duty

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occupation, camp, perform, build, conduct (business) compare, race, ratio, Philipines ward off, defend, protect, resist supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner boundary, border, region guidance, leading, conduct, usher vice-, duplicate, copy

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calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability transport, send, be inferior mention, state, speak, relate

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line, track agriculture, farmers state, province warrior, military, chivalry, arms elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times) range, region, limits, stage, level forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume

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Europe shouldering, carry, raise, bear semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate prize, reward, praise environs, boundary, border, vicinity create, make, structure, physique incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts lower, short, humble

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restore, return to, revert, resume shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into individual, counter for articles and military units

gates chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)

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brain, memory poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48 include, bear in mind, understand, cherish storehouse, hide, own, have, possess quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise

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mould, type, model condition, situation needle, pin, staple, stinger

specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely valley

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history, chronicle storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics . . . . . . . touch, contact, adjoin, piece together dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit round, full, month, perfection, ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away gulf, bay, inlet record . focus, government ministry, conserve old times, old things, old friend, former, exbridge beach circumference, circuit, lap lumber, log, timber, wood, talent

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door center, middle ticket compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book search, look for, locate bamboo . . . . transcend, super-, ultrarow, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal heal, cure . pick, take, fetch, take up forest, woods . emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with - root, radical, head (pimple) marketing, sell, trade curriculum, continuation, passage of time . . leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from

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now on, just about - - . . hanging scroll, width carrier, carry, all trade, exchange lecture, club, association grove, forest attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess various, many, several, together drama, play river navigate, sail, cruise, fly iron newborn babe, child, young of animals prohibition, ban, forbid stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India inverted, reverse, opposite, wicked interchange, period, charge, change? long time, old story

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. . . . short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point oil, fat outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take plant pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty double, twice, times, fold level, average hundred million, 10**8 . . . . . pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt signature, govt office, police station . . . . . expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase halt, stopping

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bomb, burst open, pop, split land, six

jewel, ball waves, billows, Poland

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sash, belt, obi, zone, region prolong, stretching feathers, counter for birds, rabbits harden, set, clot, curdle rule, follow, based on, model after

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riot, war, disorder, disturb universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia fathom, plan, scheme, measure bountiful, excellent, rich thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless age surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep graduate, soldier, private, die

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abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder

acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion

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boulder, rock, cliff practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine lightly, trifling, unimportant complete, finish

government office castle afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill stratum, social class, layer, story, floor printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label orders, ancient laws, command, decree

angle, corner, square, horn, antlers entwine, coil around, get caught in

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damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure recruit, campaign, gather (contributions), enlist, grow violent back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side Buddha, the dead, France exploits, unreeling cocoons fabricate, build, construct freight, goods, property

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mix, blend, confuse rise up

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pond, cistern, pool, reservoir blood warm seasons

star, spot, dot, mark eternity, long, lengthy renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race),

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counter for suit . document, records warehouse, storehouse publish, carve, engrave statue, picture, image, figure, portrait . incense, smell, perfume slope, incline, hill bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort linen, cloth Buddhist temple eaves, roof, house, heaven . . gigantic, big, large, great quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal . . contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to enroll, domiciliary register, membership

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dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets duplicate, double, compound, multiple mail, stagecoach stop go-between, relationship

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flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid

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plank, board, plate, stage skeleton, bone, remains, frame lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls) burn, blaze, glow tracks, mark, print, impression wrap, pack up, cover, conceal

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stop-over, reside in, resident weak, frail introduce, inherit, help employ, hire exchange, spare, substitute, perdeposit, custody, leave with, entrust to bake, burning simplicity, brevity badge, chapter, composition, poem, design entrails, viscera, bowels rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control . presents, send, give to, award to, confer on, presenting something illuminate, shine, compare, bashful

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dilute, thin, weak (tea)

flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster second (1, 60 minute)

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heart, interior packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit) the following, next cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable

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one-sided, leaf, sheet awe, respect, honor, revere trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness spring, fountain pelt, skin, hide, leather fishing, fishery laid waste, rough, rude, wild savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache stiff, hard

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bury, be filled up, embedded

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pillar, post, cylinder, support ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship sack, bag, pouch writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting

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instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read bathe, be favored with, bask in juvenile, child treasure, wealth, valuables seal, closing

bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings sand

salt intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness

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arm, ability, talent portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms bed, floor, padding, tatami

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fur, hair, feather, down green revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted celebrate, congratulate tender, weakness, gentleness, softness Mr., hall, mansion, palace, temple, lord concentrated, thick, dark, undiluted fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion - . . garment, clothes, dressing shoulder zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher infancy, childhood baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight . . . . overnight, put up at, ride at anchor, 3-day stay yellow sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary

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retainer, subject shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful sweep, brush cloud dig, delve, excavate discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice soft sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes frozen, congeal, refrigerate milk, breasts romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling crimson, deep red outskirts, suburbs, rural area loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting charcoal, coal jump, dance, leap, skip tome, counter for books, volume courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism

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contraption, fetter, machine, instrument vegetable, side dish, greens

rare, curious, strange egg, ovum, spawn, roe lake consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)

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dry, parch insect, bug, temper

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printing, print hot water, bath, hot spring melt, dissolve, thaw mineral, ore tears, sympathy equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth grandchild, descendants pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent bough, branch, twig, limb

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paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating

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flats, counter for houses, eaves poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite

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shout, exclaim, yell worship, adore, pray to icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line pray, wish

pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten flour, powder, dust thread cotton

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sweat, perspire copper damp, wet, moist flower pot, bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn

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blossom, bloom seduce, call, send for, wear, put

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on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold) tin can, container vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty texture, skin, body, grain till, plow, cultivate . . . . dull, slow, foolish, blunt mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to - . . . -. . corner, nook lamp, a light, light, counter for lights spicy, bitter, hot, acrid grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth) barley, wheat surname cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve

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nose, snout grains, drop, counter for tiny particles part of speech, words, poetry stomach, paunch, crop, craw

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tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with desk, table skin, body, grain, texture, disposition laundry, wash, pour on, rinse pagoda, tower, steeple

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seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed ashes, puckery juice, cremate candy, cakes, fruit

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cap, headgear wither, die, dry up, be seasoned refreshing, nice and cool boat, ship shellfish token, sign, mark, tally, charm

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hate, detest dish, a helping, plate agreement, consent, comply with parch, dry up livestock, domestic fowl and animals

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pinch, between cloudy weather, cloud up

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drip, drop pay respects, visit, ask, inquire, question, implore

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